The Embassy of Austria-Hungary in the USA acknowledged in June 1915 that it had informed Germany of the secret cargo on board the Lusitania. The Austrian-Hungarian diplomats feared that it could lead to a war between Vienna and Washington and attempted to find naïve excuses.
It is worthy of note that then-Secretary of State William Bryan condemned the policy of the president, who was aware of the transportation of US war supplies on board British vessels, which was a gross violation of the USA’s neutrality.
The evidence about the sinking of the Lusitania was subsequently stolen from the Austrian-Hungarian Consulate Office. The documents were found only in the 1990s, and it was revealed that the attack had been organized by US special services.
The Lusitania case is another fact to prove that both the British and the American political elite see no moral principles in accomplishing their selfish goals. They are ready to set up the lives of their own nationals for the sake of instantaneous interests.
Sergei Balmasov